Satraajit Palchoudhury
The proposed draft population policy of the Assam Government has robbed the ‘so-called secularists’ of their sleep. The AIUDF supremo Maulana Badruddin Ajmal has even threatened to challenge this policy in Supreme Court.
It is widely known that a lage number of illegal intruders from Bangladdesh have made Assam their home. During the heydays of the Congress regime illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators were allowed in a big way as the Congress embraced them to preserve its ‘vote bank.’
The incumbent Sonowal-led BJP regime in Assam has at least made the first move. They should be lauded for initiating this process.
In the name of secularism the country has seen appeasement for the past 70 years. Unfortunately the self-declared secularists have seen only their own political pockets and dashed the dreams and aspirations of the common people.
The Assam Government’s draft population policy is surely going to open a Pandora’s box. This policy, if implemented, will serve as an eye-opener for the entire country. It should not be looked from the prism of ‘religion and community.’ This is for the all-round development of the entire state. The time has come for us to get out of the ghetto of vote bank politics and start the process of reform. The Muslim community badly needs it. The Muslim women are being treated shabbily and are being used as a robot.
Assam has made the first move. The other states should now start thinking on this line. For a government no citizen is untouchable. It should provide justice to all. The incumbent BJP regime is exactly following this culture.
The Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has been emulating the footsteps of Modi and has been trying to give a clean and transparent government.
He has initiated various policies for the overall development of the state. The draft population policy which is still at a nascent stage shows both the attitude and the vision of the Chief Minister. The time has come for the intelligentsia to wake up from their deep slumber. The time has come for them to see the new rising sun. The teeming millions are waiting for a new dawn. They want a life of dignity.
Tunnel breaches border security
The tunnel, dug up below the barbed fence along the border, was detected by the BSF near Fatehpur village in Uttardinjapur district in April following which an FIR was registered at the Chaptra police station. The police have undertaken the investigation in the
matter while a report has been
forwarded to the Union Home ministry about the incident. After the tunnel was detected the BSF held a flag meeting with the Border Guards of Bangladesh (BGB) and expressed a serious concern at the matter. The security agencies wonder if it could be the handiwork of militants or smugglers.
The incident reflects negligence of the BSF because it is presumed that the tunnel digging must have been done in a few days with the help of some
instruments and shifting of soil from the area. “If the BSF could not notice it
happening for days together it reflects their negligence”, said a senior officer.
Pakistan ISI has been using the Bangladesh land for anti-India activities.
—Basudev Pal from Siliguri
